Marion Cross School serves students in
Kindergarten through Grade 6
as part of the Norwich School District

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Dear Parents and Community Members:


At a special meeting this evening the Norwich School Board met and unanimously approved Bill Hammond as the next principal of Marion Cross School. Bill and the Board signed a two year agreement which will begin July 1, 2012.

Bill has spent the last 30 plus years in the area beginning in the fall of 1979 when he entered Dartmouth College as a member of the class of ‘83. After graduation he accepted a position at Hanover High School as a member of the Math and English Departments and over the past 29 years he has been not just a teacher and mentor, but also a pioneer for new and innovative approaches to teaching that attempt to reach all students.

The Norwich School Board thanks the entire community for their active participation in the search process. We were fortunate to have had three very strong candidates for the position. But in the end, it was clear that Bill had the talent and traits that the school, the community and the Board were looking for in their next principal.

Neil Odell
Chairman Norwich School Board

 

Please click here for a short note from Bill Hammond (Mr. Bill) regarding his appointment as the new principal of the Marion Cross School.

 

 

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Please click here for a description of two new environmental projects for MCS from our LEEEP coordinator, Lindsay Putnam.

 

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PTO/Norwich Recreation Family

It was a wonderful night for skating. So many families came out on a beautiful night to join friends and classmates for skating and refreshments.

For more information (and some larger versions of these pictures!) please see the February 10th edition of the PTO newsletter. It can be downloaded from our PTO Newsletter page.

 

 

First Graders Take a Tour of Norwich

The first grade has visited the Norwich Post Office, Ledyard Bank, Norwich Fire Station, Dan and Whit's and had a visit with Chief Robinson of the Norwich Police Department. A big thank you to all the "community helpers" who gave us great information about what they do for our community.

 

 

The UnderGround Railroad

The fourth grade production of The Underground Railroad was a huge hit and enjoyed by staff, students and parents on November 17th. The students were involved in every aspect of the production from costumes, props, lighting, music and acting.

 

 

 

 

MCS Joins EcoSchool Program

Marion Cross School has become a "pilot school" in a new international initiative sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation called EcoSchool. This program is a structured, interdisciplinary, whole community approach to "greening" the school, the community, and the planet. The first "Pathway" we have chosen to do in the program is called "Green Hour", which promotes children being active in the outdoors on a regular basis. We are doing this in conjunction with the annual "Passport to Winter Fun", brought to us by the Upper Valley Trails Alliance and the Norwich Women's Club. Sixth grade students helped to create a survey that every student will fill out about our current level of outdoor activity, and again at the end of the program to assess any improvement. Our goals are to increase participation in the Passport program over previous years, and to spend more time outside this winter overall. As we progress through the program, we will be incorporating much of our existing environmental curriculum, projects, and community service work into a unified EcoSchool hub around which all our various eco-projects can turn.

For more information on the interesting details of EcoSchool please click on this link.http://www.nwf.org/Global-Warming/School-Solutions/Eco-Schools-USA.aspx

Passport To Winter Fun

Our annual participation in the Upper Valley Trails Alliance program, Passport to Winter Fun, has begun. This is an incentive-based program of the Upper Valley Trails Alliance that encourages children to be more active in the winter months, particularly in the outdoors. All students have received a "Passport" booklet to document their activity through the different levels of the program over the next 30 days. At the completion of each level, students are eligible to receive a "prize" from a local establishment in the form of an outdoor activity; for example, a free trail pass and equipment rental at a XC ski center, or a free day pass to the Upper Valley Aquatic Center. While every student has received a Passport, participation is completely voluntary and is up to individual families to support as they wish. Thank you to the Norwich Women's Club for again supporting MCS in the Passport program!

For more information, check the Passport Information Sheet or this website: http://www.uvtrails.org/

 

 

 

 

A Note from Bill Hammond

 

Dear Norwich Community,

I'm deeply pleased to have been selected as the next principal of the
Marion Cross School. Having lived in Norwich for the first third of my
career, I feel like I'm coming back home. As a teacher, I have worked
to give my students a challenging, rewarding, and perspective-altering view of the way the world works. As a principal, I will continue—principally—to learn, to teach, to analyze, to question, to improve, and to celebrate the great work that our students and faculty and staff do.


Thank you. I look forward to working with all of you to develop the
best education we can for the children of our community.


Mr. Bill

 


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Marion Cross School
22 Church St. | PO Box 900 | Norwich, VT 05055
phone 802-649-1703 | fax 802-649-3640

Updated 04/30/12